Arrival

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Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.

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Critics Consensus

Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams.

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Jonathan F

Extremely short-paced, felt like most of the movie was empty without a real driving story. I would have hoped for more action.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/22

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Katie D

An amazing film! very well-done, thought-provoking, entertaining and unpredictable. my only complaint is about the loud horn blasts that accompany so many science fiction movie scenes - unnecessary, unrealistic and distracting! other than that it was awesome!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/15/21

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David H

An absolutely beautiful film. I was absolutely mesmerised from start to finish. Not what I expected from an alien encounter sci-fi film. One of the best films I've ever watched.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Amir A

Pacing Is a little off and not really entertaining in the slightest and the twist in the end isn't Jaw-Dropping and I had to watch a YouTube video to explain it and I'm just a fifteen year old who just likes Animation, Superhero, Adventure and Action Movies so it's not really for me but this movie is good I guess.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Caedmon F

Really unique concept and was executed well, it felt like Villenueves inception, which I liked more than Inception even.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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ZZ

Alot of the movie didnt make sense, i was bored i skipped most of it, same scenes and shots just made for a meh experience. I would not recommend this movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Denis Villeneuve

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Amy Adams

Louise Banks

Jeremy Renner

Ian Donnelly

Forest Whitaker

Colonel Weber

Michael Stuhlbarg

Agent Halpern

Mark O'Brien

Captain Marks

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Blue Lenses

Arrival transcends the limitations that so often govern the less creative examples of the subgenre, instead using it as a loose conceptual foundation upon which to build a theoretically-informed examination of what precisely ... makes us human.

Aug 25, 2018

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

Arrival couldn't have arrived (pun intended) at a better time.

Nov 20, 2017

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

I think of Arrival in terms of color: the milky grays of the clouds rolling over the Montana plain; the bright blue of computer screens bouncing off the gray tents on the makeshift army compound.

Aug 10, 2017

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Anthony McGlynn

Vague Visages

Arrival is a work that resents the necessity of violence. However, the film ditches some of the meditative qualities of the bleakness-to-idealism dialectic of the album in favor of making a cold hard stand against war and those who clamour for it.

Feb 6, 2024

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Wael Khairy

The Cinephile Fix

The film not only discusses complex theories about time, but also exemplifies it by creating a circular sequence of events. Embarking on the mounting steps of Villeneuve’s hypnotic structure is assured to leave viewers spellbound.

Nov 20, 2023

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

With “Arrival,” Villeneuve has hit full stride with a film that contains elements of Hitchcock, Kubrick, and Spielberg, via influence rather than imitation or tacky aping. He is his own man, yet recognizes the genius that preceded his creative journey.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 18, 2023

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Synopsis

Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Executive Producer: Stan Wlodkowski, Eric Heisserer, Dan Cohen, Karen Lunder, Tory Metzger, Milan Popelka
Screenwriter: Eric Heisserer
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: 21 Laps Entertainment, FilmNation, Lava Bear Films
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2016, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 27, 2017
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.5M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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